Jitterbuggin Challenge- Hula Girl Card

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As the title says, this card was made for the "Jitterbuggin Challenge" this week. I chose to make a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2" square card just to get away from my normal A2 trend. Both the red, orange, and yellow cardstock are from American Crafts- yellow is embossed with the "Textured Stripe" cuttlebug folder and the red is embossed with the "Tiny Mosaic" cuttlebug folder. The Orange oval was cut on shadow at 3 1/4" on the Cricut using George and Basic Shapes with the white cut with no features on at 3 1/4".  The hula girl was cut from Life is a Beach at 3 1/4" as well. All of the cardstock I used on her was cut using scraps I had. She turned out pretty cute... it took a lot of cuts and a lot of little pieces.  I need to try to use my gypsy more to conserve paper- must learn that hide contour feature! Anyway... she makes me wish I was on a beach somewhere drinking something fruity! P.S. my second attempt at sewing... LOL, I still need some work!  

"Gus" Papercraft Star Sketch Challenge Layout

This layout was created for the sketch challenge this week at Papercraft Star. I altered their idea a little to add another picture and some journaling. Sorry for the poor quality of picture- I tried to sneak outside between rain showers to get some decent light- that was a bad idea (see a few of the rain drops that snuck onto my paper? grrr) Anyway, this was my first project using my Gypsy. I welded the title using Don Juan "Gus" is the original font and "Fetch" is the "Under Pressure" feature. The dragonflies were cut using Gypsy Wanderings and the Cattails and weeds were cut from Life's a Beach at 2.25" I shaded an oval from George (again at 2.25") to create the water underneath.  The paw print is cut from Mickey & Friends (but I can't recall the size). The ribbon is American Crafts and the paper behind the title is one I've had for a while (sorry)